Enjoying a peaceful excursion in the country side. Isla taking the directors role at the orphanage. Booked after being caught attempting the V0 crib problem. We received a call from our agency yesterday at 1pm. I was at work and Barb was at home so we couldn't be together when we learned who our daughter would be. Fortunately we were able to have a conference call though a phone is not easy to hug. Our agency received a package that contains more info but its all in Chinese and they will need to translate it before we learn more about Isla. This should happen early next week and they hope to have the translations to us by midweek. It was wonderful share the news with everyone yesterday... and we are still calling more of Isla's new friends and family today. Update: Sorry to remove the pitures. Once we receive our packet we realized we were not supposed to post to pictures online. Family / friends please contact us if you haven't seen her yet.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Introducing Isla Zi Shao
We can't begin to express how excited we are right now. This is Isla. She was born in the south of China in the Guangdong province on Dec 2oth 2006 and is currently in an orphanage in Yangxi county.
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She is soooooo beautiful!! Congratulations!
Isla is simply lovely! Wonderful wishes to your growing family!
She is gorgeous!!! I'm expecting my referral this month too! Yours is the first referral I've seen this month!
your daughter is PRECIOUS!!!!!
Congratulations!
Barb (home with our daughter since July)
Hi,
I recognize those backgrounds in the photos. Our 4 yr old daughter is from the same swi- Yangxi. It is a good swi and our daughter came to us in perfect health. There is a yahoo group for this swi. Good luck, she is beautiful.
Carol Ann
mom to mei (Yangxi swi) and Ling (Hunan)
Oh my gosh, she's beautiful! I can't wait to see my daughter on Monday.
Hanna
She is sooo precious!!! What a looooong pregnancy you two have had.... 2+ yrs. Hopefully Isla will be in your arms by her birthday!!
Congratulations!! Isla is beautiful! Look at all that gorgeous hair!
What a cutie!
Congratulations! She is so cute!
I am expecting my referral on Monday (LID 12/5)
Hopefully we will get to meet our babies by Christmas!
Amy
Oh, she's like a breath of fresh air! What a little doll baby she is!
I'm guessing she's from the city of YangJiang (by the looks of the background). My daughter is from the same city.
Congratulations!!
Oh my gosh she is beautiful!! Congrats to you.
SHE IS DARLING!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
Your daughter is adorable!!! Many heartfelt congratulations :-) And wishing God speed on your TA. Thanks for sharing your wonderful news with us!
(RQ-Dreaming of Cassie)
Congratulations! Your daughter is precious!
She's darling! Congrats!!!
Tiffany
Congratulations!!
She is adorable!
I have to say she looks a bit like you!
Wishing you a safe and memorable journey to her.
Based on the name of your daughter, I believe she is from the same orphanage as my daughter. Just in case you didn't know already, there is a Yahoo Group for the Yangxi SWI parents at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yangxi
Congratulations from Spain!!
She's really a beauty!!
Our LID is 12/13/05 so we're hoping to see our baby's face in December...
Cris.
Congratulations on your beautiful little girl.
So beautiful. My heartfelt congratulations. Just think Isla is the first December baby to have her picture posted.
Clearly, a natural-born leader.
Best wishes,
Theresa (LID Dec 7 2005)
P.S. Love the name
Congratulations on your beautiful new daughter! We have a Yangxi daughter, too. She came home in March and is incredible. Best wishes for speedy travel
She is BEAUTIFUL! What SWI is she from? My Lena is from Guangdong province also, Gaoming SWI.
CONGRATS!
Congrats! She is beautiful! I love the name that you have chosen for her! Many blessings to you!
What a cutie pie!! congrats to you!
She's a doll!!
Congratulations! ! ! !
Erica (from RQ)
She is beautiful!! Congratulations!
Oh she gorgeous!!!!
Thanks for ALL your wishes!
We are still overwhelmed and overjoyed.
Special thanks for the info on YangXi, it will be great to connect with others and it is so comforting to know Isla is being well cared for!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations on your referral. When you are ready to obtain her finding ad (with a gorgeous color photo that predates her referral photo by several months!) come visit us at www.research-china.org. We also have DVDs from most of Guangdong's orphanages.
All teh best!
Brian
Congratulations on your YangXi girl. Our daughter is also from YangXi it is a good orphanage and the children seem healthy and well cared for. There is a YangXi yahoo group that is very informative.
Dawn.
Mom to Sun (YangXi SWI)
Congratulations!! She is beautiful
Congratulations! Look at those Eyes!!! She is ready to discover the world!!!
What a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations!
WOW!! I knew where your darling was from the second I saw her pictures. We have a Yangxi girl, too! Congratulations to you!! Do be sure to join the Yangxi group--there's lots of good information.
Oh my! She is darling! Best of luck to you and your growing family. Isla is a BEAUTIFUL name...
Deepest congratulations!
Isla is beautiful! Congratulations!
~Kristen
Will and Barb- We are so excited for you! She is the most beautiful little girl, we can't wait for Sophia to meet her new friend and share the excitement with you! You must be such proud parents, congratulations! With all our love, Antu and Lexi
Will and Barb- We are so excited for you! She is the most beautiful little girl, we can't wait for Sophia to meet her new friend and share the excitement with you! You must be such proud parents, congratulations! With all our love, Antu and Lexi
Isla is precious!
All the best to you 3!
Donna
Congratulations from another Yang Xi Daughter's Mom. We brought our daughter home in May. We couldn't be more in love!
She must be from Yangxi! We have a Yangxi girl that has been home for two years now! Congratulations!
I am a complete stranger, waiting for my daughter too but wanted to say congratulations! She is precious and I am excited for you!
Kelli in Colorado
She is beautiful! Congratulations!
Mendy
RQ poster
Congratulations!
We just came across your blog and your daughter's beautiful picture. Our daughter is from the same orphanage in Yangxi! I visited this orphanage in 2005 and it was very clean, and the babies seemed very healthy and well-cared for. Maybe you'll get to visit, too. The staff was so gracious and took us on a tour of the city to see our babies' finding locations. All the best to you and your family...
She is so beautiful! Love her eyes. Congratulations!! Lucky you!!
Congrats !!
She is lovely !
Andrea
Congrats!!! She is beautiful!!!
Congratulations
congrats! our leah is from yangxi (theres a yahoo group too) we got leah in june and got to visit the swi
shes beautiful
What a precious little girl. Congratulations and we can't wait to see her in your arms. We just celebrated our 2nd Gotcha day with our Yangxi daughter Emma.
Isla is absolutely precious!! Congratulations!!
Congratulations, our daughter is from YangXi too. What a cutie!
Tanya
Your lovely daughter shares her birthday with my daughter Analise who will be 7 this year. She was born in Jiangxi province and we were lucky enough to spend her first birthday in Hong Kong with her on our way home from China. I hope you will travel swiftly and be united as soon as possible. We will remember your family when we celebrate Analise's birthday!
Congratulations. Isla is adorable.
She is so beautiful. Congrats.
laurie
Isla is lovely! We happen to have two Scottish names for our girls...Piper & Paisley (we are waiting for Paisley), my family is also partially Scottish...I hadn't put two and two together until someone pointed it out...
Anyway, beautiful child, beautiful name!
Godspeed!
Hayley
I NEVER post to anything but feel compelled to now. I must have come to your blog a hundred times over the weekend while waiting for news from our agency. Your daughter is beautiful and your narration tickled me! After posting our blog link at RQ I noticed we had a comment from ya'll! When I returned to your blog I noticed the info on Isla's name. My mother's roots are Scottish and she is VERY into it. Hopefully, our girls are hanging out and keeping each other company while they wait for us. It seems we have a few things in common. I hope we get to meet ya'll when we retrieve our babes!
Congratulations! She's gorgeous!
She is absolutely gorgeous!! Congratulations!
I see that my Lainey Bug has already told you of my Scottish heritage and that I am "into it". She neglected to mention that I have made 2 trips to Scotland and cancelled my 3rd one last year hopeing to travel to China long before now. I will be traveling with Lainey Bug's parents to retrieve her. I hope to meet you both. I am sure "our girls" are great friends.
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